KSMX (AM)

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KSMX

City of license	Santa Maria, California
Broadcast area	Santa Maria-Lompoc area
Branding	News Talk 1240
Frequency	1240 kHz
Format	News Talk Information
Audience share	3.8 (Fa'07, R&R^[1])
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Class	C
Facility ID	4123
Transmitter coordinates	34°57′2.00″N 120°29′27.00″W / 34.9505556°N 120.4908333°W / 34.9505556; -120.4908333
Former callsigns	KSMA^[2]
Affiliations	Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One
Owner	El Dorado Broadcasters (EDB SLO License LLC)
Sister stations	KSMY, KSNI-FM, KXFM
Website	www.1240ksmx.com

KSMX (1240 AM, "News Talk 1240") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Santa Maria, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Maria-Lompoc area. The station is currently owned by El Dorado Broadcasters and features programing from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.^[3]

History

KSMX was originally owned by John and Alice Bayless when it was KSMA, and the studios were originally downtown next to the old post office before Santa Maria's downtown renovation in the 1980s.

On 2007-11-30 the station changed call letters from KSMA to KSMX following a sale from Clear Channel Communications.^[2]

References

↑ "Santa Maria-Lompoc Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "KSMX callsign changes". FCC. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
↑ "KSMX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KSMX

Radio-Locator Information on KSMX

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KSMX

v t e El Dorado Broadcasters

San Luis Obispo, CA	KSLY KSTT KURQ KVEC

Santa Maria, CA	KSMX KSMY KSNI KXFM

Victorville, CA	KATJ KIXA KIXW KZXY

Yuma, AZ	KBLU KQSR KTTI

v t e Radio stations in the Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1/95.1 90.5 91.5 92.5 93.3 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.7 97.1 97.5 98.1 99.1 100.3 101.3 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.5 105.1 106.7 107.3

By AM frequency	890 1030 1240 1280 1410 1440 1480 1600

By callsign	KBOX KCBX KCLM KFYZ KGDP-FM KIDI KIHC KIQO KJDJ KKAL KKJG KLFF KLWG KLVH KPAT KRQZ KRTO KSBQ KSLY-FM KSMA KSMY KSMX KSNI-FM KSTT KSYV KTAP KUHL KURQ KVYB KXFM KXTK KXTZ KYGA KZOZ

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v t e News/Talk Radio Stations in the state of California

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